Necktie-supporter



(No Model.) I 1 1 .13. S-OULLY; NECKTIE SUPPORTBR.

No. 293.792 Patented Feb; 19,1884,

showing,

" front view of the supporter,

, U ITED ST TE PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN B. SGULLY, or LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,

NECKTIE-SAUP'PORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,792, datedApplication filed April 2!,1883. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern..-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN B. ScULLY, Lynn, in the county of Essex andState of Massach usetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inNecktie -Supporters, which will, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, be hereinafter "fully described, and specifically defined inthe appended claims.

This invention has for its object certain improvements in the class orkind of necktiesupporters for which Letters Patent of the United Stateswere issued to methe 13th day of February, 1883; and the inventionconsists in certain details of construction in the body of thesupporter; also in the tie-securing pins and in the loop by which thesupporter is at tached to the collar-button.

In said drawings, Figure l is an elevation showing the tie with pinsinserted, which serve to secure it to the supporter. Fig. 2 isanelevation showing the supporter with the attaching-pins detached. Fig. 3is an elevation as assembled, the several parts of Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4is a transverse vertical section taken on line 2 2, Fig 3. Fig. 5 is asimilar view,taken on a, detached perspective View, showing my improvedloop, which issecured in the supporter and by which it is secured on thecollar-button. Fig. 7 is a view like Fig. 6, showing a modification ofmy securing-loop. Fig. 8 is also a view like Fig. 6, showing anothermodification of my securing-loop. Fig. 9 is a showing the method ofsecuring the loop therein when formed as in Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is a viewlike Fig. 9, but showing the method of securing the loop therein whenformed as in Fig. 8.

-In said views, or represents the body of my supporter, andb b are thelooped ends thereof.

a is the loop by which the supporter is secured to the shank c of thecollar-button. Said body a may beformed with any desired configurationof outline and of any suitable material. The ends b b, I loop or turnback, so as to stand out or away from the main portion the requisitedistance to givethe turn-down collar,

beneath which the loops b are inserted, the

requisite appearance of fullness andthe proper set, such loops addingbut slightly to the weight or cost of the supporter, yet effectivelysup- Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is av February 19, 1884.v

' porting the collar in the desiredposition. Said loops may be turnedeither to the rear or front of the main portion, and may be arranged atsuch distance from the body as the set of the collar may require.

For the purpose of sec to the collar-button, and in order that it may bequickly placed in position thereon or removed therefrom, I have inventedthe loop 0, formed of a single piece of elastic wire, which is bent intoform as shown in Fig. 6 that is, it is bent at its center, as at i,-then each half is again bent, as at h h, by which the four parts 9 g arebrought parallel, or nearly so, then bight i and ends j are turned overor bent in the same direction, hook-like, as shown in Fig.5, To securethis loop in body a, it is only necessary to form asuitable aperturetherein, and to insert the hook-like portionsi and j j therein, as shownin Fig. 5,when, if the body a is'of metal, the loop may be effectuallysecured in position by soldering the loop and body together, as shown atf. If body a is formed of very thin-metal or non-soldering material, andit is desired to secure loop 0 therein by clinching instead ofsoldering, the central portion, z, thereof may be extended fartherdownward toward bights h, as shown in Fig. 7, in which case part i andends j are inserted and soldered or clinched in body a at separatepoints, as shown in Fig. 9 5 or, if preferred, ends j may be extendeddownward instead of the central portion, 1', as shown in Fig. 8, inwhich case the part i and said ends j are inserted and secured in bodya, as shown in Fig. 10.

In order to detachably secure the tie k to body a, I employ the hooks d,formed with an eye, '1, and point n, and bent at m to form two parallelparts or members, so that when eye Z is bent at right angles thereto thepointed portion a may be secured therein in the well-known uring thesupporter manner. Said eye (1 is passed through holes p in body a, whilebight m is seated in recess 8, cut in the upper edge of body a, wherebythe pin is secured from displacement upon the body, andso' holds tie isin place.

I am aware of Letters Patent of the United States No. 70,331, datedOctober 29, 1867, and

No. 97,331, dated November 30, 1869; No.,

113,780, dated April 18, 1871; No. 239,858,

dated April 5, 1881, and No. 256,740, dated April 18, 1882, and I claimnothing that is described or shown therein, my invention being confinedto a body having the folded or doubled ends, the tie-securing pins andbody, with seats and holes in the body to receive the pins, and thebutton-engaging loop doubled at its center and formed with the fourparallel,or nearly parallel, wires 57, bent at h to form a smooth lowerextremity, and secured to body a at the central part, 2', and ends j.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a necktie-supporter, the body a, havingthe turned ends 1), arranged to form an open loop, and to sustain theoverlying collar of the wearer, substantially as specified.

2. I11 a necktie-supporter, the combination, with body a,pr0vided withlooped ends formed with passages 12 and seats 3 in its upper edge, of

securing-pins d, formed with bend m, a pointed end, 01, and at theopposite end with the loop I, bent at right angles to the line of thewire and inserted in holes 1;, to be engaged on the opposite side by thepointed tie-engaging end at, substantially as specified.

3. In combination with body a of a neoktiesupporter, the attaching-loopa, formed of a single piece of elastic wire bent centrally, as at i andalso as at h h, to form four nearly parallel parts or members, g g, andwith said central part, 13, and ends j j bent hook-like and inserted andsecured in said body, substantially as specified.

BENJAMIN B. SGULLY.

Witnesses:

T. W. PORTER, EUGENE HUMPHREL

